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GroupWise User Group for South Africa and the rest of Africa PDF Print E-mail

Welcome to the home of the GroupWise User Group for South Africa and the Rest of Africa.  You can register on this web site if you want to become member of this user group.  The purpose of this User Group is to connect GroupWise users in South Africa and the Rest of Africa.  The GroupWise User Groups in the rest of the world has been highly successful in establishing these user group communities.  It is time that we do this formally in Africa.  This user group will also provide its members a range of benefits that will become evident when  you register to become an active member of this User Group.

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Open Training Institute PDF Print E-mail

NetCB Solutions (Pty) Ltd has now formally launched their training division - the Open Training Institute on 2nd April 2008.  We specifically selected the 2nd of April before anyone thinks it is an April Fools Day joke if we launched it on 1st of April, but let us get serious now.

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PlateSpin Forge’s ahead in disaster recovery PDF Print E-mail
PlateSpin has announced the release of a disaster recovery hardware appliance, PlateSpin Forge, to protect physical and virtual server workloads. John Ko, product marketing manager for PlateSpin told CRN that PlateSpin Forge is the company’s first offering specifically targeting the disaster recovery market. He added that the purpose-built recovery solution includes prepackaged and preconfigured hardware, software and virtual infrastructure, addressing issues faced by both SMBs and enterprise. 
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US Supreme Court Won't Hear Microsoft's Novell Appeal PDF Print E-mail
The US Supreme Court has refused to hear Microsoft's appeal of Novell's multibillion-dollar antitrust suit against it. The news hit just as Novell's annual BrainShare user conference was getting starting. Basically a private replay of the Justice Department's suit against Microsoft, the case involves Novell's claims that Microsoft targeted WordPerfect and QuattroPro to protect its operating system monopoly.
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Novell - strong results as the company finally sees its efforts rewarded PDF Print E-mail
  
Last week Novell unveiled its result for the first quarter of fiscal 2008. Net revenue was $231m (including $7m positive impact from currency exchange rates). Income from operations was $8m ($24m non-GAAP or 10% of revenue, up from a negative 1% a year ago). Non-GAAP net income was $29m. Comment: Novell has spent the last few years pulling itself up and improving execution but had, until recently, very little to show for it. This is no longer the case. The last few quarters have been increasingly impressive with Novell starting to exceed consensus estimates, leading to a strong first quarter of fiscal 2008, with total revenue up 6% and product revenue up 9%.
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Novell Acquires PlateSpin for $205M PDF Print E-mail
 
 
Novell announced Feb. 25 that it will acquire Toronto-based virtualization management software and services provider PlateSpin Ltd. for $205 million in cash. It was the second acquisition Novell has revealed in 12 days. The Waltham, Mass.-based enterprise software maker bought open-source team collaboration software provider SiteScape -- founder of the ICEcore open-source collaboration project -- on Feb. 13.
 
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Novell acquires SiteScape PDF Print E-mail
  
Novell has acquired SiteScape, a provider of collaboration solutions and the founder of the ICEcore open source collaboration project. The merger between the two companies will create interoperable, open source and open standards-based workspaces to help with team productivity. Financial terms of the deal were not released but SiteScape would become a fully owned subsidiary of Novell and all the employees will fold into Novell's ranks. Also, the SiteScape brand will no longer exist as part of the acquisition.  
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vCard - an important addressbook standard PDF Print E-mail

vCard automates the exchange of personal information typically found on a traditional business card. vCard is used in applications such as Internet mail, voice mail, Web browsers, telephony applications, call centers, video conferencing, PIMs (Personal Information Managers), PDAs (Personal Data Assistants), pagers, fax, office equipment, and smart cards. vCard information goes way beyond simple text, and includes elements like pictures, company logos, live Web addresses, and so on.

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vCalendar - the way to exchange calendar data PDF Print E-mail

vCalendar defines a transport and platform-independent format for exchanging calendaring and scheduling information in an easy, automated, and consistent manner. It captures information about event and "to-do" items that are normally used by applications such as a personal information managers (PIMs) and group schedulers. Programs that use vCalendar can exchange important data about events so that you can schedule meetings with anyone who has a vCalendar-aware program.

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Tech-Audit PDF Print E-mail
Novell GroupWise is een wel bekende
 
a well established and highly popular enterprise communication and collaboration system that provides organisations with e-mail, calendaring and scheduling, Instant Messaging, task management, contact management, and document management features. Desktop GroupWise clients are available for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh operating systems and a sophisticated thin client is compatible with all modern Web browsers.
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eWeek.com about GroupWise 7 PDF Print E-mail

eWeek.com about GroupWise 7

Like IBM's Lotus Notes and Microsoft's Exchange, Novell's GroupWise client/server architecture provides an excellent environment for managing collaboration on tasks and documents. Novell has done a good job of refining the user interface in this release of GroupWise, making information more accessible and easier to organize. Client support for Mac OS X and Linux operating systems sets GroupWise apart from its competition, as does support for both Outlook and Evolution clients.
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Butler Technology Audit on GroupWise 7 PDF Print E-mail

Butler Technology Audit on GroupWise 7

Novell GroupWise is a well established and highly popular enterprise communication and collaboration system that provides organisations with e-mail, calendaring and scheduling, Instant Messaging, task management, contact management, and document management features. Desktop GroupWise clients are available for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh operating systems and a sophisticated thin client is compatible with all modern Web browsers. On the server-side, GroupWise is supported on NetWare, Linux, and Windows operating systems, or any combination thereof. GroupWise 7 signals a fresh lease of life for what is clearly a very capable product, and Novell’s commitment to support the current offering well into the next decade will provide existing users of this product with much needed confidence. GroupWise remains well supported by Independent Software Vendors, with companies such as Research In Motion (BlackBerry), extending the product’s core functionality to meet a broad range of business requirements. Organisations currently using GroupWise, but considering alternative products, should engage with Novell and its partners (or download an evaluation version) to assess the value this new release could offer.
 
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